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Valijon Ranoev joined OCHA’s Regional Office for Caucasus and Central Asia a few months ago. His job is simple to define, but simply massive to achieve: He is responsible for helping the humanitarian community in the region – local and international NGOs, governments and the international...

Seasonal disasters and earthquakes are the sad norm for many communities in Tajikistan, Central Asia’s smallest and poorest country. Each year, hundreds of natural disasters are recorded across the country. Aid groups have been left with no option but to find new and innovative ways of helping...

The UN and its humanitarian partners have revised their global humanitarian plans for 2013, and are now appealing for nearly US$13 billion to provide assistance to tens of millions of people in 24 countries. This is the largest annual amount requested in the history of Consolidated Humanitarian Appeals....

On 16 July, a high-level panel at the 2013 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment will explore how humanitarian organizations need to look beyond providing immediate relief, and focus instead on supporting vulnerable communities and their governments to identify, manage and reduce the risks they face.
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Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Province sits on Tajikistan’s far eastern fringe. It is isolated, sparsely populated and, like most of Tajikistan, highly prone to disasters such as flooding and mudslides. There are very few international organizations present in the area and little attention is paid to...